Frank Wurmitzer is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Timaru and Hawke’s Bay. His Timaru private practice is located at Aorangi Surgical Group and he has operating rights at Bidwill Trust Hospital. He is also employed by Health New Zealand and works at Timaru Public Hospital. In Hawke’s Bay Frank consults at Te Mata Orthopaedics in Hastings and operates at Kaweka Hospital.
Frank’s practice covers most aspects of orthopaedics including joint replacements of major joints, sport orthopaedics and trauma, arthroscopies and hand/foot surgery.
Additionally, Frank is a medical examiner grade 1 for the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand and performs medicals for pilots and air traffic controllers.
Areas of special interest include:
- Major joint replacement including revision surgery
- Direct anterior approach hip joint replacement
- Robotic assisted knee replacements
- Orthopaedic trauma and sport injuries
- Correction of posttraumatic deformities
- Hand, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and foot surgery
- Aviation medicine
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculoskeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine). The specialty covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.
